A LOOK at the local cricket leagues.

Ramsbottom warmed up for their Worsley Cup semi-final clash with a maximum points win over Burnley which lifted them off the foot of the table.

And again Mark Dentith was in the runs as he chalked up the first of two half-centuries in as many days.

With professional Brad Hodge for once missing out, Dentith took up the cudgels to lift the home side to 177-8.

His impressive 73 not out came off just 75 balls and included 11 fours and a six as he survived a seven-wicket burst from Burnley professional Dale Benkenstein, who took all but one of the wickets to fall on the way to figures of 7-56.

Opener Tommy Read helped add a vital 41 for the third wicket as Ramsbottom then collapsed from 89-2 to 124-7 before Garfield Moreton made a valuable 17 at number nine in a partnership of 42 with Dentith.

Burnley were given an outside chance by an inspired 56 from Steve Whittaker, who came in with the score on 68-5.

He cracked seven fours and three sixes before falling to Hodge for 56 with the score on 147 and the last two wickets realised just 12 runs as Burnley's inconsistent season continued.

Professional Marcus North top-scored with 79 as Colne nipped Church's revival in the bud at Blackburn Road.

The Western Australian continued his recent good run as he hit 13 fours and two sixes off just 83 balls and made 79 of his side's first 119 runs before becoming one of four victims for Philip Gilraine.

David Swarbrick then weighed in with an unbeaten 23 at number nine to carry the visitors to a winning total of 180.

Church were never in the hunt after losing their first two wickets for just eight runs to Colne skipper Gary Laycock, including that of in-form professional James Bryant first ball.

Laycock finished with three wickets, as did Jeff Ellis, as the basement side (CHECK) were all out for 105.

HASLINGDEN 166

LOWERHOUSE 188-6

Haslingden 3 pts

Lowerhouse 12 pts

LOWERHOUSE

N Hope b Austin...0

M Hope c Austin b Blomley...5

C Bleazard lbw b Austin...13

Scuderi not out...107

D Whalley b Austin...15

C Cottam c Austin b Sidley...4

F Entwistle b Intiaz...0

J Proctor not out...24

Extras...20

Total (6 wkts)...188

Bowling: Austin 19-5-40-3; M Blomley 9-3-29-1; Z Intiaz 10-0-46-1; A Sidley 6-0-28-1; S Taylor 6-0-34-0

HASLINGDEN

C Lord c Bleazard b Russell...32

M Griffin c Whalley b J Hope...18

Austin c Sheridan b Scuderi...44

N Grindrod c Cottam b Russell...4

M Ingham run out...4

P Blackledge c Sheridan b Scuderi 15

S Taylor run out...20

S Smith c M Hope b J Hope...10

Z Intiaz lbw b Scuderi...2

A Sidley c Proctor b Scuderi...5

M Blomley not out...2

Extras...10

Total (all out)...166

Bowling: J Russell 13-1-41-2; Scuderi 16.5-1-59-4; J Hope 15-2-43-2; M Hope 3-0-18-0

ACCRINGTON 147

TODMORDEN 151-5

Accrington 1 pt

Todmorden 12 pts

ACCRINGTON

Mas Ahmed c Whitehead b Nicholson...10

Mohsin Ahmed c Whitehead b Dearden...0

Canning b Oddy...54

M Wilson c Nicholson b Oddy...13

W Roberts c Whitehead b Oddy...0

S Birtwistle st Whitehead b Dearden...6

Mus Ahmed run out...2

A Greenwood c Whitehead b Dearden...23

T Hussain not out...19

L Dewhurst c Whitehead b Jackson...2

D Clarke b Jackson...0

Extras...18

Total (all out)...147

Bowling: Nicholson 13-2-57-1; C Dearden 16-1-42-3; S Oddy 11-0-37-3; R Jackson 4-1-6-2

TODMORDEN

R Baigent c Roberts b Dewhurst...23

S Priestley c Greenwood b Clarke...36

C Dearden c Wilson b Hussain...26

Nicholson not out...31

N Hunter b Hussain...2

M Brierley c Dewhurst b Hussain...6

D Whitehead not out...10

Extras...17

Total (5 wkts)...151

Bowling: Canning 20-3-47-0; T Hussain 6.3-0-37-3; L Dewhurst 6-2-20-1; D Clarke 12-2-24-1; Mohsin Ahmed 5-1-18-0

NELSON 137-7

ENFIELD 138-2

Nelson 0pts, Enfield 10pts

NELSON

D Kegg c Edmonds b Greenhalgh...3

J Finch b Holmes...1

P Garaghty c Van Jaarsveld b Greenhalgh...11

Wingfield c Greenhalgh b Holmes...39

M Phelan c and b Van Jaarsveld...50

M Bradley c Hartley b Van Jaarsveld...14

J Warwick b Greenhalgh...2

M Khan not out...3

S Lemmon not out...0

Extras...14

Total (7 wkts)...137

Bowling: M Greenhalgh 13-4-26-3, N Holmes 18-4-55-2, Van Jaarsveld 16-4-38-2, K Barker 3-0-11-0.

ENFIELD

L Jackson lbw b Wingfield...28

R Edmonds c Bradley b Roberts...6

Van Jaarsveld not out ...77

K Barker not out...7

Extras...20

Total (2 wkts)...138

Bowling: Wingfield 13=4-32-1, S Riaz 3.1-1-32-0, M Roberts 7-0-37-1, D Kegg 3-0-25-0, J Finch 1-0-6-0.

EAST LANCS 112-5

RAWTENSTALL 111

East Lancs 12 pts

Rawtenstall 1 pt

RAWTENSTALL

A Payne c Riley b Young...3

Mott c Clague b Howorth...21

P Seal run out...41

P Hanson c Egan b Young...6

R Wood c Clague b Young...3

B Greenwood c Iqbal b Young...18

D Hanson c Kelly b Young...2

J Carter c Young b Howorth...3

P Collis run out...1

A Clough not out...6

K Roscoe lbw b Howorth...4

Extras...3

Total...111

Bowling: Young 24-8-56-6, N Iqbal 10-3-25-0, I Howorth 14.2-2-28-3.

EAST LANCS

A Clague c Motto b Seal...3

R Cooper c Seal b Payne...3

Young b Roscoe...52

P Bolton c P Hanson b Payne...7

P Mercer c D Hanson b Roscoe...12

C Riley not out...9

P Kelly not out...19

Bowling: P Seal 11-2-37-1, A Payne 10-2-18-2, K Roscoe 9-2-26-2, Mott 1-0-20-0.

RAMSBOTTOM 177-8

BURNLEY 159

Ramsbottom 12 pts Burnley 4 pts

RAMSBOTTOM

T Read c and b Benkenstein... 26

D Bell c Beet b Benkenstein...9

Hodge c Beet b Brown...15

M Dentith not out...73

S Lord b Benkenstein...0

M Price ct Beet b Benkenstein...5

N Riley lbw Benkenstein...0

R Hevingham b Benkenstein...4

G Moreton ct Whittaker b Benkenstein...17

L Daggett not out...2

Extras...26

Total (8 wkts)...177

Bowling: J Anderson 13-3-39-0; D Brown 11-1-28-1; Benkenstein 19-3-56-7; C Wright 4-0-17-0; S Holden 3-0-24-0.

BURNLEY

J Clare c Dentith b Daggett...4

I Whitehead c Read b Price...24

Benkenstein c Hevingham b Haslam...20

D Brown lbw b Haslam...11

A McLeod c Riley b Price...14

B Law c Hevingham b Price...0

S Whittaker c Price b Hodge...56

J Anderson c and b Hodge...0

C Wright run out...8

A Beet not out...7

S Holden run out...0

Extras...15

Total (all out)...159

Bowling: M Haslam 9-1-34-2; L Daggett 7.2-0-28-1; M Price 15-5-46-3; Hodge 13-2-43-2. CHURCH 105

COLNE 180

Colne 12pts, Church 0pts

COLNE

J Ellis c Tucker b O'Neill...7

G Hunt c Sykes b O'Neill...1

North c Tucker b Philip Gilrain...79

G Laycock b Hussain...13

R Murgatroyd c Tucker b O'Neill...1

M Wilson b Gilraine...5

A Roberts c and b Gilraine...17

A Clark c Aspin b Fergusson...9

D Swarbrick not out...23

N Rimmer lbw b Fergusson...3

N Moulding c Aspin b Gilraine...11

Extras...11

Total (all out)...180

Bowling: T O'Neill 11-3-48-3; M Hussain 9-2-40-1; P Gilraine 16-4-44-4; C Fergusson 14-0-44-2.

CHURCH

A Holt c Swarbrick b Laycock...6

C Fergusson c Clark b Moulding...11

Bryant lbw Laycock...0

M Aspin c Clark b Laycock...11

P Sykes c North b Ellis...20

D Bury b North...5

M Hussain lbw Ellis...14

T O'Neill b Ellis...7

Peter Gilraine not out...6

Philip GIlraine c Wilson b North...9

S Tucker b Hunt...7

Extras...9

Total (all out)...105

BOWLING: N Moulding 11-5-22-1; G Laycock 12-4-26-3; North 7-0-32-2; J Ellis 6-1-22-3; G Hunt 0.4-0-1-1.